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The 13th annual Gangjin Celadon Culture Festival is coming up next week. It revolves around celadon (청자), a type of pottery that has been manufactured in the region for over a thousand years. It's estimated that 80% of Korea's celadon treasures were made in Gangjin, and you'll recall that some pieces from the area completed a 65-day US tour earlier this summer.
The festival is held in and in front of the Gangjin Celadon Museum in Daegu-myeon, and is a short bus ride from the county seat of Gangjin-eup. Buses run back and forth frequently during this time, and finding your way to the site should be no problem. Though I wouldn't call it one of the top festivals in the country, as some tourist websites have done, it's a surprisingly decent time for a county festival. You can check out some pictures I took from the 2006 festival here, and can browse the "Gangjin" category for more on the local attractions, if you decide to make a weekend out of it.
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